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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Fed Probat. 2019 Sep;83(2):52–64.

Data Availability, Prevalence, and Site variation in the JJS Youth Records

% Available % Prevalence % Site Min Prev. % Site Max Prev.
Record Information
 Episode Close Flag 77% 70% 7% 100%
 Episode Close Date 53% 70% 7% 100%
 Adjudication Flag 97% 35% 4% 100%
 Adjudication Date 58% 62% 0% 100%
 Record Update Date 100% 100% 100% 100%
Biological Testing
 Biological Testing Flag 83% 45% 0% 86%
 Alcohol Results 77% 0.2% 0% 5%
 Amphetamine Results 83% 3% 0% 15%
 Cannabis Results 83% 19% 0% 49%
 Cocaine Results 83% 1% 0% 4%
 Opioid Results 83% 1% 0% 3%
 Other Drug Results 83% 3% 0% 13%
Substance Use Screening
 Substance Use Screen Flag 85% 81% 24% 100%
 SU Screen First Date 84% 81% 22% 100%
 SU Screen Last Date 84% 80% 22% 100%
 SU Screen Type 86%
  Local measure 2% 0% 76%
  CRAFFT 2% 0% 35%
  GAIN-SS 1% 0% 51%
  MAYSI-2 19% 0% 97%
  SASSI 3% 0% 38%
  YASI (from notes) 12% 0% 100%
  PACT (from notes) 9% 0% 100%
  Other instruments 31% 0% 98%
 SU Screen Positive 83% 28% 2% 87%
Clinical Assessment
 Clinical Assessment Flag 53% 45% 0% 100%
 CA First Date 38% 23% 0% 100%
 CA Last Date 32% 9% 0% 100%
 CA Type 44%
  Local measure 0.3% 0% 100%
  ADI 0.01% 0% 0.1%
  Child and Adol. Funct. Assess. Scale 0.1% 0% 95%
  CRAFFT 0.1% 0% 0.7%
  DISC - Other scales 0.02% 0% 0.2%
  GAIN-Q3 0.3% 0% 27%
  MAYSI-2 2% 0% 7%
  SCID 12% 0% 70%
  SASSI 1% 0% 13%
  Other instruments or combinations 32% 0% 71%
 CA Independent Flag 47% 20% 0% 100%
 CA SU Positive 49% 5% 0% 99%
Other Source of Information on Needs
 Other SU Positive 66%
  No details given 64% 0% 100%
  Judicial Mandate 0.2% 0% 6%
  Other staff recommendations 12% 0% 55%
  Undocumented need 0.2% 0% 3%
  Other (describe in notes) 3% 0% 100%
Need from All Sources
 Need Tx or CA Flag 88% 54% 13% 99%
 Need Tx Flag 58% 11% 0% 40%
Referral to Substance Use Treatment
 Referral To Tx or CA Flag 62% 24% 3% 100%
 Referral to Tx Flag 54% 6% 0% 100%
 Referral to Treatment Date 59% 20% 0% 100%
Substance Use Treatment
 Treatment Flag 53% 16% 0% 100%
 Treatment Intake Date 53% 15% 0% 100%
 Treatment Discharge Date 51% 11% 0% 100%
 Tx Level of Care 51%
  Outpatient 10% 0% 58%
  Intensive outpatient/day program 0.1% 0% 0.6%
  Group home 0.0% 0% 0.2%
  Residential/inpatient 0.8% 0% 15%
  Other 0.1% 0% 2%
 Treatment Type 50%
  Local treatment program(s) 0.1% 0% 3%
  MET/CBT 1.3% 0% 10%
  MI 0.01% 0% 0.1%
  Other SU Tx 9.0% 0% 51%
Demographics
 Age 100%
  0–10 1% 0% 4%
  11–14 36% 18% 58%
  15–17 63% 40% 81%
  18+ 1% 0% 8%
 Date of Birth 90% 100% 100% 100%
 Gender 100%
  Female 27% 8% 39%
  Male 73% 61% 92%
 Hispanic 85% 21% 0% 100%
 Race 98%
  Asian/Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1% 0% 6%
  Black/African-American 47% 5% 96%
  White/Caucasian 49% 4% 91%
  Native American/Alaskan Native 0.2% 0% 2%
  Other Race 2% 0% 15%
  Mixed or Multiple Races 1% 0% 13%
Clinical Problems
 Any SU Problem 56% 56% 14% 100%
 Alcohol Problem 56% 9% 0% 45%
 Cannabis Problem 47% 28% 0% 59%
 Rx Drug Misuse Problem 47% 1% 0% 7%
 Other Drug Problems 47% 7% 0% 25%
 Tobacco Problems 35% 1% 0% 5%
 Risky Sexual Activity 0.2% 2% 0% 100%
 Risky Needle Activity 0.2% 0% 0% 0%
 Victimization 40% 13% 0% 100%
 Violence 32% 39% 0% 100%
 Externalizing MH Problems 47% 19% 1% 86%
 Internalizing MH Problems 51% 17% 1% 100%
 Suicide Risk 49% 11% 1% 74%
 Physical Health Problems 45% 2% 0% 14%
 Serious Family Problems 38% 43% 0% 100%
 Learning or Develop Disabilities 35% 9% 0% 48%
Charges
 Violent Charge 99% 25% 2% 39%
 Property Charge 99% 30% 6% 65%
 AOD Related Charge 99% 14% 0% 31%
 Probation/ Parole Violation 67% 12% 0% 31%
 Weapons Offense 99% 7% 0.2% 23%
 Other Status Offense 99% 11% 0% 51%
 Other Charges 99% 32% 1% 64%
 Charge Severity 93%
  Felony 33% 12% 86%
  Misdemeanor 56% 14% 87%
  3 Summary/citation 3% 0% 22%
  Status 3% 0% 44%
  Other 5% 0% 60%
Risk of Recidivism
 Recidivism Assessment Type 74%
  Staff rating 0.1% 0% 2%
  Local measure 8% 0% 100%
  PACT 26% 0% 100%
  YASI 15% 0% 100%
  YLS/CMI 13% 0% 100%
  Other measure 10% 0% 100%
 Recidivism Risk Level 75%
  Low 31% 0% 57%
  Medium 32% 0% 60%
  High 16% 0% 55%
  Very high 3% 0% 29%
Justice System Status
 Child In need of Supervision 78% 11% 0% 63%
 Diversion 85% 5% 0% 37%
 Probation 100% 49% 13% 100%
 Parole 88% 0.2% 0% 1%
 Juvenile Drug Court 80% 1% 0% 9%
 Other Community Supervision 100% 67% 0.1% 95%
 Detention 85% 30% 0% 83%
 Other justice status 83% 7% 0% 62%

\a “Not Applicable/Skip” coding is treated as “available,” but not broken out as a % in prevalence.